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11-08-2009, 12:55 AM
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Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
I just went and picked up my first real load of firewood for the winter. I stacked about 2000 pounds of split oak in the bed and drove it over a 1200 foot mountain pass this afternoon and it didn't even break a sweat.
 Half ton k series working like the big dogs FTW! 
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11-08-2009, 02:14 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: nice ca
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
Not surprised a bit. Have hauled 40 50lb. sacks of pellet stove pellets in my C-10 several times. Have to watch the braking distances though.
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11-08-2009, 06:23 AM
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
it'll take more than that to kill our trucks. I have had a documented 5640 pounds worth of cast iron in mine. I have also pulled about 10,000 pounds of load back from DesMoines IA, in the winter. but then again you had firewood. that stuff takes up a lot of room.
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11-08-2009, 08:10 AM
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Location: South Florida
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
mine handles my cooler full of beer and two chairs without any hesitation....
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11-08-2009, 08:31 AM
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chrome makes it go FASTER!
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Location: Cleveland Tennessee
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
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My 305 will only handle "light" beer!
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11-08-2009, 09:33 AM
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Location: WPB, S. FL, USA, Earth
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
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The most I've ever loaded in my truck was 2 'cubes' of paving bricks!!! IT was a slow drive home to say the least. but closer to what you did, after the hurricanes in '05 I made multiple trips(about 15 miles each way) hauling Australian pine logs to a buddy's place for firewood(not for heating- for bonfires for parties) It's been a while, but iirc there were 8-12 logs about 6'-8' long and 12"-20" in diameter... my buddy had the fun job of cutting them into manageable pieces, I was just the transportation. That wood lasted for 3 years worth of bonfires on a regular basis! OLD Trucks Rule!
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11-08-2009, 09:45 AM
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
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 I will say what the Gov. says out west...we don't drive no girly trucks like those other manufacturs of trucks.I think he said something like that?  Built like a rock.  too.
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11-08-2009, 10:04 AM
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Location: Clanton, AL
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
Not quite in the 4,000 range, but I did get to let my old girl work a little lately. I hauled 1 yd of topsoil, 1.25yd of mulch, & .5yd of marble lately. (not at the same time though)
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11-08-2009, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Leesburg, VA
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Re: Just thought I'd send a "thankyou" to my truck....
Right as I started unloading this morning...
  It's squating by about 5-6 inches. |
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